Lestat was gone by the time I awoke from my slumber state. I was sitting on my couch staring at the wall trying to tell myself that I made the right choices. A faint knock came at my door and broke my gaze from the wall.
"Come in" I answered, and my gaze went back to the wall. I heard the faint footsteps leading up to me.
"I thought you'd want this now" It was Lucas, handing me a piece of paper with small writing on it. He placed it on the small coffee table and left, did I mess up something? I mean I've never had a vampire who's had permission from me to be in this building, Lestat doesn't count because he doesn't give a damn about permission; which reminds me, that I have to wash and reload my revolvers and Falcata. My bite wound was healing significantly, which is much faster than usual probably due to Lestat.
"Levi, I need to talk to you" Riley's voice was urgent, and demanding as he barged in. He began pacing back and forth, pushing his bangs back off of his forehead.
"Yeah" I whispered, my concentration was still on the wall as I debated with myself
"What the hell is a vampire doing here? In our building?" He asked, it was evident that he was beyond pissed. I sighed
"We made a deal" I answered, he huffed in frustration
"A deal? Do you even know what clan he came from?" He asked me angrily
"Maxius" I answered, as my eyes bored a hole into the wall, I never realized that he mentally flipped
"Oh fuck that! There's no way in hell…" He started for the door until I jumped up and tugged at his arm
"We made a deal. He tell me where Maxius is and I protect him" I told him, I could see his nostrils flaring and his veins wildly indenting in his neck
"How do you know he's not going to double-cross you?" I sighed as I sat back down on the couch. I don't, I wasn't sure and I wasn't even going to go with any type of reinforcements; I wanted Maxius so bad because he knows the head vampire that killed my parents.
"I don't" What made me even more upset was the fact that I can't do anything with this bite on my leg unless I wanted to die. I want to ring his neck and de-fang him, oh vampires have no dignity once you do that; I'd bite him repeatedly until his own fangs were somehow lodged deep within his skin and watch him as he slowly bleeds to death.
"Levi, I know you want nothing more than to kill the bastards that murdered Mom and Dad and I do too but-"
"There's no 'but' in anything. If I want those fuckers dead, I'll do it myself; I want them to suffer the way they've made them suffer" I could feel the rage boiling with my blood and shooting through my veins
"Don't you think I want the same? All I'm trying to do is make sure that we're all safe" He said
"What do you think I'm doing Riley? I'm sure not doing it for my health" We were both pissed, and frustrated. My parent's would've had this figured out in two seconds flat, I got up to go check the blackbox downstairs in the lobby. The blackbox is the mailbox that people stop by and put Deathnotes in, there was a slot outside and the mail slipped through and gathered in the box attached to the wall. I opened the box up and found four long black envelopes, I opened the first one, looking through; it was a woman named Daphne. She's one of the new 'supposedly badass' bitches, I thought I killed all of those already.
"Levi, who's Lux new boyfriend?" Roxi scared me at her sudden high pitched voice sneaking up on me.
"Jeezus, Roxi for the love of God don't do that" I said, she offered a small smile as she swung her bangs from her face
"Sorry" She said, and grabbed my wrist dragging me into her apartment "Who is he? Is your leg okay? Lestat's pretty hot, did you notice? Oh yeah and-"
"Roxi, slow down. Lux's new…friend is a vampire, get Slater because he needs to hear this" I told her, she nodded and called for her brother who came strutting out of his bedroom before plopping up on the couch
"There's a…vampire living with us now. You are not to harass him, embarrass him or do anything stupid" I said to them, I know they wouldn't do any of those but still "He's staying with Lux since that is her…boyfriend" Saying those words felt weird, scary almost. Never in my slaying years would I have thought to have a vampire staying with me.
"Since when is she got a vamp as a beau?" Slater curiously asked
"Since, a while" To be honest, I hadn't of noticed because I was busy with the numerous amount of deathnotes
"So, when are we going to meet him?" Roxi asked as her brother rolled her eyes at her
"How's your leg?" Slater asked, I smiled at his concerns regarding me
"Good, I'll be off of slaying for a few days though. As for you meeting him I guess when Lux is comfortable" I answered
"Not to be…an asshole but why is he here?" Slater asked, I smiled at his bluntness
"Because, he gave me a very piece of important information in exchange for his protection" I answered him, he nodded
"He gave you the lowdown on Maxius didn't he?" Slater liked to keep it simple and to the point, which is one of his qualities I've always loved
"Yeah, and I was supposed to check it out but since that bastard bit me…few delays" I explained. I sighed, things around the Akantha household is becoming complicated and frustrating. I needed to think, to distract myself and even though technically I'm not supposed to be out; I think I need to.
"You guys, I'm going to head over to the bar so, I'll see you two later" I smiled quickly at them before making my quick getaway and up to my apartment, where it resided empty. I quickly showered, and dressed and laid out my weapons on the coffee table.
Did I really want to do this? Did I really want to go and find the one vampire that knows that bastard who murdered my parents? All it takes is just one bite and then I'm left for dead, but at this moment, my anger takes more control than anything. I loaded both of my revolvers and cleaned Tobith's blood off of the sword. I strapped them all to my belt, as I paced my apartment; my uncontrollable temper, in words took control over everything that I was doing. I went into the hall closet, and felt around for the hole and once I did I yanked up the board. I grabbed five syringes, and strapped them to my belt as well; I haven't used this method in a while because I haven't had the time to completely enjoy watching them squirm in pain.
I gingerly opened the glass case, and withdrew the smooth porcelain mask. I breathed and placed the mask on my face, this was what I wanted, what I needed. I grabbed the warehouse key, I haven't used the warehouse since my first kill. I quietly descended the stairs, trying not to bother any of the teens as I slipped out the front door, and into the parking garage to get my bike. As my hands touched the cool metal, it brought me to a sudden thought; I'd finally be getting somewhere. I pulled out the folded piece of paper that Lucas gave me, as I looked at the address and a few warnings I couldn't believe that Maxius would be this stupid.
I started up my bike, grimacing at the extremely loud engine before revving it and as I pulled off, I could hear Riley's voice calling after me.
I was doing this for me, for my family, for my parents. A little for my family and the little sick part in me that likes killing the vampires. As I began my way up the narrow street, I saw the 'homeless guy' that Lucas warned; he wasn't homeless but a lookout. Maxius thinks he has it all planned; as I stopped my bike. As I swung my leg over the bike, I quickly grabbed my gun from my waist and held it out of view for the man.
"Excuse me Sir, have you seen one of my friends?" He looked distracted, like he was trying to do two things at once.
"Ah, no, no, no" As soon as his gazing red eyes looked at me, I aimed and pointed the trigger. He had to be young, a newborn maybe; as I set his body ablaze I grimaced in disgust that he got blood on my hands. Behind the man's cardboard decorations was a thick steel door, with Maxius's inverted pentagram. I sighed, the bastard never gets new symbols and to be honest it bored me to death; as I opened the rusty thick door, I could feel the adrenaline course throughout my veins and I, I smiled. Maybe it was something about death that made me happy about this risk , or just the thrill of knowing that once and for all I'd finally be getting somewhere. As I crouched at the end of the small hallway, I heard two vampires conversing.
"You know that Lucas kid? He's gone, and so is Tobe" I smiled, all of my working
"I heard that psycho bitch got 'em" I smiled, as I armed myself with the syringes one in each hand and I stood to face them
"Now boys, that's not so nice" I often found myself doing different accents, so what maybe I had MPD, screw me. Immediately they're eyes got wide, and the bigger burly one dropped his cigarette. The young scrawny one immediately charged at me, and was aiming for my neck; and as he pushed me against the wall with his most likely 'newborn force' I inserted the syringe in his neck. His eyes glazed over, and as I injected the death serum into his blood stream I smiled as he fell to the floor.
"You're next!" I said, in a very low pitched disturbing voice. His eyes spilled with fury as he came charging towards me, and as I slid out of the way he latched onto my arm making him fall onto of me. He laughed, like he really thought he was going to accomplish that.
"You're a pretty 'lil thang" I smiled at him, I wrapped my arm around his neck and as he inched closer to my face I inserted the needle into his neck. He froze when he realized what I did, and as I injected the full dose into his veins I could see the discomforting pain that followed after. I grimaced and pushed his shaking frame off of me; I stood and looked down at myself. I'm so glad that I decided to wear this choker otherwise I'd be dead, I laughed at my confusion; I didn't understand what I found so funny in that. As I scoped my way through the halls, I felt like singing to let my dear friends know that I'm here.
"Honey, I'm home!" I yelled, and I was surprised to see that no one came rushing to my distress; that, upset me a lot. As I made my way through the labyrinth of a building Maxius called a home; I noticed that there was an awful lot of blood everywhere, which meant that he has turned more and more humans to newborns. As I heard the familiar tunes of Marilyn Manson I smiled, oh I loved this song. As I approached the door, I turned the doorknob and poked my head inside, I screamed: "I'm ba-ack!"